Cigar-cutter.



M. L. ROBBINS.

CIGAR CUTTER.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. e, 1913.

1,086,463, Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

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MEYER L. ROBBINS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

Application filed January 6, 1913. Serial No. 740,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MEYER L. ROBBINS, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have made and invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to cigar cutters of the kind or type adapted to becarried in the pocket of the user and designed to cut the end or tipfrom a cigar preparatory to smoking the same, and the object thereof isto provide an improved cigar cutter of the type above referred to whichwill be neat and at tractive in appearance, which will be of small size,which will have no objectionable projecting portions when closed and inthe condition in which it is carried in the pocket, and which may bereadily and cheaply manufactured and will be effective for the purposefor which it is designed.

With the above and other objects of invention in view, my inventionconsists in the improved cigar cutter illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing and hereinafter described and claimed, and in such variationsand modifications thereof as will be obvious to those skilled in the artto which my invention relates.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a view showing my improved cigar cutter inperspective and in its open condition; Fig. 2 is a view showing the samein its closed condition with one side thereof removed to show internalconstruction; Fig. 3 is a view showing a section upon a longitudinalplane indicated by the line 33, Fig. 2; Fig. 4C is a view similar toFig. 2 but showing the device in its open condition preparatory tocutting the tip from a cigar; Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, buttaken upon a plane indicated by the line 5-5, Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a viewshowing a section upon a transverse plane indicated by the line 66, Fig.4:; and Fig. 7 is a view showing a detail of a catch which forms a partof the cigar cutter.

Referring to the drawings wherein the preferred. embodiment of myinvention is illustrated, the reference numeral 8 designates twoparallel side walls spaced apart and connected with one another by meansof end of the cigar may be placed preparatory 1 to cutting the tiptherefrom, and the form of which opening is such that the end of thecigar will not be liable to injury. The inner ends of these flangesapproach close to one another, but do not meet; and the referencenumeral 12 designates a reciprocating knife having a cutting edge 13movable between the inner ends of the flanges and across the openings inthe casing to thereby cut the end from a cigar as will be understood.The knife 12 is operatively connected with two reciprocating tubularmembers 14. adapted to move into and out of the hollow casing of thecutter; Figs. 1 and 4 showing these tubular members in their;

outermost position, while Figs. 2 and 3 show them in their innermostposition. The knife may be connected with the tubular members in any wayso as to move therewith, although I prefer to provide stiffening strips15 ex-x tending partly or entirely around the periphery of the knife andbent over the ends thereof as shown at 16, 17, which strips are in turnsecured to the tubular members as by being soldered thereto. tionpermits the use of an exceedingly thin knife as the strips extend alongthe periphery thereof and help to support the same, a thin knife beingespecially advantageous for the reason that its cutting edge is lesslikely to become dull than the cutting edge of a thicker knife.

The tubular members 14 are connected with one another at their outerends as by means of a yoke 18, and the reference nu-.

meral 19 designates guides located within the hollow casing of thecutter and secured in place in any way, whlch guides. extend into thetubular members l4: and thereby This construe;

guide the inner ends of the said members and the knife carried by themas said members and the knife are operated.

Within the tubular members 1a are located springs 20, one end of each ofwhich abuts against the end of a guide 19 and the other end against theyoke 18, as will be understood from Fig. 4, which springs serve to forcethe guide members and the knife outward and into the position shown inFigs. 1 and 4, this being the position the parts assume preparatory tocutting the tip from a cigar.

The reference numeral 21 designates a latch located within the casing ofthe cutter and secured in place in any way, the outer or free end ofwhich is provided with a catch 22 adapted to engage a ledge 23 of theyoke 18 as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing. The catch 22 may bedisengaged from the ledge by means of a button 2% adapted to be pressedby the finger, whereupon the tubular members and yoke are moved by thesprings 20 from the closed position shown in Fig. 2 into the openposition shown in Figs. 1 and at.

The cigar cutter having been permitted to open as above explained, theend of a cigar is placed within the opening 10 and the yoke 18 pressedtoward the casing, which obviously causes the knife to move across theopening and thus cuts the end from a cigar. As the yoke is moved againstthe casing, the ledge 23 passes over the hook or catch 22 of the latch21 and the latch holds the parts in the closed position shown in Fig. 23until the cigar cutter is to be again used. The latch 21 is providedwith a projecting stop 25 with which the knife engages at the end of theoutward movement thereof, as shown in Fig. 5 to thereby limit theoutward movement thereof and prevent the knife from leaving casing. Itwill be thus seen that when the cutter is closed it is in the form of anoblong rectangular case having no projecti'i gparts to catch in thepocket of the user, and that it is exceedingly compact, and occupies butlittle space. In addition, the knife is located entirely within theexternal casing and the cutting edge thereof is in such apos'ition thatit is entirely protected from contact with external objects when thecutter is closed and in the condition in which it is carried in thepocket.

Having thus described and explained my invention, I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent:

1. A cigar cutter comprising a hollow casing having two parallel sidewalls each havr gga opening and which openings register ith one another;two guides located within said casing; two reciprocating tubular membethe inner ends of which engage and are guided by said guides, and whichmembers extend without the casing; a yoke with which the outer ends ofsaid tubular memers are connected; a spring located within each of saidtubular members; and a knife located within said casing and carried bysaid tubular members, and which knife is adapted to move across theopening aforesaid in said casing; a latch located within said casing andadapted to engage said yoke to thereby hold said tubular members intheir innermost position; and means for operating said latch to releasesaid yoke.

2. A cigar cutter comprising a hollow casing having two parallel sidewalls each having an opening; an inwardly projecting flange surroundmgeach of said openings and which flanges are formed integrally with saidside walls; two guides located within said casing; two reciprocatingtubular members the inner ends of which engage and are guided by saidguides, and which members extend without the casing and are connectedwith one another at their outer ends; a spring located within each ofsaid tubular members; and a knife located within said casing and withwhich said tubular members are operatively connected, and which knife isadapted to move between the inner ends of said flanges and across theopening aforesaid in said casing.

23. A cigar cutter comprising a hollow casing having two parallel sidewalls each having an opening; an inwardly projecting flange surroundingeach of said openings and which flanges are formed integrally with saidside walls; two guides located within said casing; two reciprocatingtubular members the inner ends of which engage and are guided by saidguides, and which members extend without the casing and are connectedwith one another at their outer ends; a spring located within each ofsaid tubular members; and a knife located within said casing and withwhich said tubular members are operatively connected, and which knife isadapted to move between the inner ends of said flanges and across theopening aforesaid in said casing; and a latch located within said casingand adapted to hold said tubular members in their innermost position.

a. A cigar cutter comprising a hollow casing having two parallel sidewalls each having an opening; an inwardly projecting flange surroundingeach of said openings and which flanges are formed integrally with saidside walls; two guides located within said casing; two reciprocatingtubular members the inner ends of which engage and are guided by saidguides, and which members extend without the casing; a yoke with whichthe outer ends of said tubular members are connected; a spring locatedwithin each of said tubular members; and a knife located within saidcasing with which said tubular members are op'eratively connected, andwhich knife is adapted to move between the inner ends of said flangesand tan in the county of New York and State of across the openingaforesaid in said casing;

New York this 31 day of December A. D.

and a latch located within said casing and 1912. adapted to engage saidyoke to thereby hold 5 MEYER L. ROBBINS. 5 said tubular members in theirinnermost Witnesses:

position. H. M. WHITE, Signed at New York borough of Manhat- R. N.FLINT.

copiel of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

